Published : 22-06-2020
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has said the European Union must not allow Turkey to blackmail the bloc by pushing migrants to the Greek border, the Kathimerini daily reported.
“We cannot allow Turkey to use migrants to blackmail the EU as it has repeatedly tried to do,” Kurz told the daily in an exclusive interview on Sunday.
“This is precisely the reason we sent aid to Evros last March: to help Greece defend its borders, which are also the European Union’s borders, and to send a clear message to Turkey,” he added.
Kurz, 33, is the youngest head of government in the world and is in his second administration, having also been chancellor from December 2017 to May 2019.
“I am very happy seeing the EU helping Greece defend its borders, while frontex played a crucial role”, added the Austrian chancellor.
Kurz himself tweeted about the interview published Sunday in Kathimerini: “I also reiterated that we must not be blackmailed by #Turkey. We must stop illegal migration at our external borders, like the Greek border. This is also our responsibility as Europeans”.
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has said the European Union must not allow Turkey to blackmail the bloc by pushing migrants to the Greek border, the Kathimerini daily reported.
“We cannot allow Turkey to use migrants to blackmail the EU as it has repeatedly tried to do,” Kurz told the daily in an exclusive interview on Sunday.
“This is precisely the reason we sent aid to Evros last March: to help Greece defend its borders, which are also the European Union’s borders, and to send a clear message to Turkey,” he added.
Kurz, 33, is the youngest head of government in the world and is in his second administration, having also been chancellor from December 2017 to May 2019.
“I am very happy seeing the EU helping Greece defend its borders, while frontex played a crucial role”, added the Austrian chancellor.
Kurz himself tweeted about the interview published Sunday in Kathimerini: “I also reiterated that we must not be blackmailed by #Turkey. We must stop illegal migration at our external borders, like the Greek border. This is also our responsibility as Europeans”.
